The Sun. — London, England, 1809-12-26 00:00:00

~~~~r~: ABSENCE. Sylvestra, whilst from thee I roam, Where frowning wastes are still extending, Or where, above the salt sea, loam, The headlands high are proudly bending, On waste and wild, by shore and sea, My flutt'ring spirit turns to thee. Yes though thy wand'rer love the scene, . Where hanging woods hoarse streams surrounding', Wind rude, dissever'd hills between, In natu're's loltiest charrrts abounding; Where light and shade contrasted play, With varying beauty through the day;-- Where the low scatter'd hamlet lies.— Whilst lifting high their heads to heav'n, Like guardian genii, sternly rise Bold cliffs—at whose dark feet are driven The restless waves, with ceaseless roar, That spread along the pebbly shore;— His eager thoughts fly far away, To seek thee in thy'peaceful dwelling, Where no hoarse murm'ring surges play — No tow'ring cliffs are proudly swelling; But soft and calm is heard and seen Each obje6l on the village green. And mem'ry brings again to view The hour of, eve, when icily s!rolling O'er downs, 'where free the wi:d thyme \ greut, He mark'd with thee, the grey mist rolling, With frequent ouse and earnest eye, Along the deep empurpl'd sky. Absent from thee—however fair, No scene could please Palemon ever Nor land, nor sea, nor earth, nor air, from thee his jnys and griefs can severs Thou only can'st his breast controul ; thy Love's the sunshine of his sohl. A new , dramatic pieee of three acts, of the same kind as The Exile, is preparing at Covent-Garden Theatre. The drama comes. from Reynolds, and the music from Mazzinghi. The subject is of the l';;tor‘lcalkind, and the piece will haethe advantage bf the chef theatrical, as well as musical, strength bf the company. It is said that the .Proptietors of the Drnry lane, Patent,- with . ' the' concurrence of rhe Trns tees and New Renters; have resolVed that the New Theatre shall not be built upon too large a teal. 4, but that the siie shall be between that of - the ';kld Theatre and that which was built by Mr. Hol- Uric!. it is in fact intended, that it shall hold no:. more than five hundred pounds, and consequently . tie expence of conducting it, as well as in the erec tion of it, will be proportionally light. Madame CATALANI gave a gra nd concert on Fri-: 4 aY evening at the Great Assembly Rhom, York, 10 1' the benefit of the Y ork Count y Hos p ital. She Taft that city cn Saturday , for Edinburgh. Mr. CoLuArg bad' a Parce nearly ready for Co . Vent-Goden. 'Theatre, which would have been fi ,__tilshecl long.since, if it had not been delayed on ac -tonn' t of the uncertain duration of the reign of tur bulence. .. Renters It ought to be mentioned to the credit of the, new Renters of Drury-Lane Theatre, that they have not only agreed to the reduEtion of 'their annuities one- Lill on the re-building of the Theatre, but have Come to the resolution of making a deposit of ten thousand , pounds, in' addition to the insurance. money, in order to set the work in motion. From all we have heard of the plan for restoring the pro perty of the persons to whom it is to be entrusted, we really begin to think that there is some chance tf seeing the Theatre re-built, incredible as such. an *vent may appear, aiier the long and deplorable de lay which has marked the 'whole_ of,the proceedings since its destruction,' f . ~_LITERATURE. indefatigable an erti e- Muse of WALTER •• SCOTT has already produced a tew Poem,. for which, it -is said, he is_ to receive, two thousand pounds. it has often been said, that the booksellers are the best. Patrons of Literature, and if thy can venture to speculate to such an extent oh a Poem in these times,. we may fairly say with Quidnunc, " how are we ruined ?" .It must indeed be acknowledged, that WALTER SCOTT is a man of high poetical_ talents, and consequently has 'a -very ~ rtarketable name.' His new. Poem, it seems, is to be called, .`!, The Lady of the Lake. " We Dope the ' ingenious writer :will .Spew that be has. profited by • the multiplicity.of .critiques which his iliannian ex cited, soine of which were marked by sound judg ment, taste, and acumen. Dr. DYER, who 'has been many years Physician to the Exeter Hospital, resigned that situation last week, on account of ill-health, and Dr. MILLER Was appcinted his successor. The Bishop of Exeter presided at the Committee of Gov.ernors on this oc- Casio!): After the Election, a , very handsome eulo-' glum was pronounced in favour of - Dr. DYER ; and i t was proposed that, as a token of their approba tion of the humanity, zeal, and punctuality with "hich he had discharged the duties of his office, it should be recommended at the next General Court to elect him Governor for life, and the Meeticig Unanimously agreed to the motiou. THE ARTS.—WESTALL has recently sliewn his . *kill and imagination . in some beautiful drawings in. Illustration' of scenes from Mc - Lay of the last Min strel, an d Marniion. The subjects which he has chosen, are of the most interesting kind, and the ingeriious artist has been very 'successful in giving forM and pressure" to the conceptions of the Poet, .circumstance not to be ,wondered at, as WEaT ALL is Himself a Poet of no ordinary description.— These drawings have called-forth the, powers.of an other artist, a son of HEATH, (one of the first en gravers this country ever saw) and who evidently possesses a full slr,re of hereditary power. The *Wei HEATH has engraved some, of these inte resting drawings with his usual skill, and some Young artists have employed their talents on the 4 atne work with such ability, as to shew that the ) e , ngravers of this country are keeping pace with the - Painters, and we may fairly say, that the united bodies may bid defiance to all competitors on the Slientinant. rb-t,l'tifix:4ll6 . Ns 6:v THE:ROT "iv. SI cY AlvisFl ,Â ME I~%ie This disease may generallybe prevented by geed - .A MOilern Traveller' has given tie `following ac inagagethent, the basis 'of which consists in corn- `chunhof the route from Buenos Ayres to Lima, the plefely draining - the land. The manner in which road . by which thehreastrre ia'coeVeyed to the for the land should be stocked is also another important . a mer,place. This is one of the innumerable itietancea consideration. ; of the 'miserable defective policy Of the. Spanish Go- By draining, the reptile, or whatever it may be, '. vernment toward's these 'noble countries : by an al from which the flouk derives its origin, is deprived teriition, easily w be cffee4ed, the dahgers which at of its favourable places to deposit its egg, •and there- present exist might be , avoided. fore seeks some Other spot. i For the better security 1 "'When travellers pass over the lofty ridges of the of its young, it prefers those parts where there is . Cordilleras, it is said, that from the ieretaetion of stagnated water, . and consequeetly where it is i the air, they can scarcely breathe., and are afflided leash likely to be eaten by cattle or sheep, which is with nausea. This ,is one' of . the ' inconveniences a natural instinct observable - throughout animal life. . tHey suffer, but it is of trifling import, when comper e Sheep will not resort to such places, unless they are ed to the imminent danger' they are exposed to in very short of feed, and necessity compels them to some of the narrow. passes and steep declivities. — it ; ' but 'draining will remove the evil altogether. The itinerary of 'the route from Buenos Ayres to When land subject to the Rot is lightly stocked, Lima displays some of those dangers, which appear_ as with only half the number Of 'Sheep it would in tenfold array - eking the lesslietpiented paths.acress keep, they frequently escape the disease, which is a # the Cordilleras. Their ruggedness is hot easily_de strong proof that they instinctively reject the, spots scribed. in many places the road is so narrow that that are univholesome, and will never eat of them, the mules have scarcely room to set their feet, and bet from great scarcity. Horses should never he, in others it is a continual series, of precipicea. These put with Sheep on land' where the It t prevails, as' I paths are full of holes from two to three feet deep, they bite very near, and eat the. best grass from the in which the mules set their feet, and draw their - Sound high grounds, which the Sheep would in bellies and their rider's legs along the.groand. In course make choice of, who are thus driven to those deed these'boles serve as steps,• without Which the.. low penny .spots; where they lick up; with the' her- ,1 precipices would, in a gicat measure, be impracti bage, the egg or animalcule that produces the flouk. cable ; but should the creature happen to set 'his. Changing of Sheep about, by putting the whole cl : foot between two of these' holes, or got place it the flock first into one pastureand then into Imo.; right, the rider falls,. and ifon tile side of the pre they, to eat ail up, is also very improper; from cipicee inevitably perishes. The danger is, hoW which some have been led to 'suppose that shot t ever, greater, where theseholes, or can:elopes, es the grass rots Sheep;. it is. not, however,. possible that Spaniards hill them; are wanting. For the•tracks this reptile can have its origin in any kind of food, are extremely steep and slippery, in general chalky as no Want can produce of itself a lining animal . : and wee; and where there aree - io holes to serve as Lis a matter of great surprise, that:when a Sheep steps, Indians are obliged to go before with small affected with the -Rot from atrength ut constitution ' spades, which they carry with them for that purr survives and fattens, yet the flocks still existdiethe , pose, to dig little trenches across - the path. This liver; and when the Sheep is killed, these reptiles work is continual, every party - reqtriring'a repetition very soon appear to be•dead, altlioirgh at the moment of it, tor in less !ban a night, the. rain utterly &- the liver is taken ode,. and - cut into, they. are as lively ' strays all the trenches cut during the preceding day. as fresh caug i ht flat fish, and much resemble thenh— ' In descending these ,places, where there are no From what creature these reptiles are generated, is boles or trenches, and which are sometimeaeseveral also surprising, as there has never been discovered, hundred yards deep, the-ilia - tin& of the mules that on grounds subject to the Rot, any thing resembling : are accustomed to pass them is admit-able: . They . them, nordoes it appear that those very flouks form- are sensible of the caution requisite in the descent. ed in the bneep can have any appal malty to return On cowing 'to - the top of an eminence they stop, and to what they-tame train, which renders the disco- having placed their fore feet doge togeiher, as in a so-eery intricate; and, as naturalists in general do not posture of stopping theineelvee, they also put their allow that . there is such a thing as spontaneous hind feet together, but alittleforwards as if going to generation, the origin of this reptile is extremely lie down. In this attitude, havihg, as it were; taken mysterious. ' a survey of the 'road; they slide down With the • The egg or animalcule must-be very abundant, as swiftness of a meteor. "All the rider has to do is to a flock of Sheep has been known to take the Mice- keep hitheelf fast • in_ the-saddle, without checking thin in a. few minutes. A flock of one thousand his beast;; for••the least - .motion is 'sufficient to dis was driven- from the high Downs, 'where Sheep order the equilibrium of ..the Miele, ie which case never, take the Rot, once only into'a valley to drink; they must both unavoldribly perish. The address of , aiter. a heavy shower of rain, and suffered to , eat Clete creatures is here. truly wonderful ; for in this grass_ there for iiticut 15 minutes, when two bun- ;,rapid motion, when they. seem to hirviost'ali go d,aandied rotten in the winter foliowitig ; and how j vernment of themselves, the follow,.exactly the . many more were affected was not know n. different windings,of - the path, as if they had tie- It has hitherto been impossible to give any meth- ' fore accurately, .reconnoitred, and previously settled tine to kill or discharge these flouks trout th e li ver ; . in their minds, the route they were to follow, and it is a subject, however, well worth the attention taken every precaution for their safety, amidst so of the thediCal world, and, if crowned. with' success , many irregularities. There would' indeed other would amply reward the lahoer and research b estow - be no possibility of travelling over such places, ed upon it. • . where the safety of the rider depends on the expe ..-.- ---- t rience and ac drees of .his beast. • , • autbenti- t • . Cow Pox.—The following recent case, ' " 1 1'f:ere are indeed some pleces where these-cle-' cated by Mr. Cameron, an eminent Surgeon o f Wor- divides are . not on the sides ,of precipices; but the cester, may tend to remove the objections against road is so narrow and hollow, and the sides so per this disorder, and throw some suspicio n u p on t h e . pendichiar, that the,denger is almost equal; for the boasted security of the. Small-pox.--" John Sk vrme • track being extremely confined, and scarcely wide the son of a respectable tradesman in this city, ' en oug h to admit the mule with its rtder; if the beaSt Friday, yii 18 years of age, was, on the 20th of October, • falls; the man must be crashed, ,or, for want of seized with shivering, and other symptoms of fever; robin to disengage: hiMself, havea limb broken. It on the -ad clay h Monclay, an eruption appeared chief- - is really wonderful heobserve.the mules, alter they ly about the face and neck; when I saw it,-I itnme- have overcome - the • firshieurotious of fear, anshare ; diately, - said—` this , looks lik e the small-pox;' to going to slide down toe declis he', with whaeexadt whieh his mother replied :--chat could not be, as he ' neeshhey stretch out , their_ tore legs, that by pre was innocu;ated when he was three weeks old, to- serving a due e q uilibrium the y May not fall on one gether with four other children and two servants, side, • yet, at a proper distance, make with their bo all of whom had the disease *to fire entire saesfac- .' dies that gentle inclination necessary to follow the s e ve ral wiedings of the path, as well as their ad assert,titan of the medical attendant, who, I May venture to dress in stopping thethseli es at alle end of their hu e from my personal knowledge of him, could ' net have been deceived ; and all 'the others have petuous career. The human species could hot spew hitherto escaptrd, which . very probably hhhalci not ! more, priidence or couched than, the tholesdo; and have been the ease,. had they not bad the genuine ' some ot them, after being long used to these disease.. The disorder has now.gone throinsia its re- ' journies e acquire a kind of reputation for their gular stages of suppuration and deaquamationa and, ' skill and safely, and are accordingly highly valued." that no doubt might remain ? I have:requested several How much the late wretched Government of Old Gentlemen of the profession to visit hinae who are tSpain counteracted the beneficent de s ignsi of nature, unanimously of •opinion; that'he has hit' H• small- the reader will be able to form a judgment from arise pox. This may certainlff shake our attlieknee in representation of the country :----! :the immunity • afforded by Small-pox Inoculation ; " . The immense plains toat extend in almost un and the following circumstance May perhaps in- interrupted continuity from the banks of the Plata to duce us 10 place a Superior reliance on the Cow - Chili,, and to the large rivers of Patagoitia,:'clairn Pock. - A younger baother :VihtS ten years ago 'no- particular attention. 'f hey present a sea of waving t cthat '_er,' and hail. he •dis- ,gress extending- for nine huildred miles, with very culated with Cow-Pock Order-in a satisfaeloryearanger,hred tho h .he slept with his lick brother every might tit dash, and teraeinterruptioes of wood, or eminence. . The sec culeot and nutritne herbage of this trectatiords pasa ture to those innumerable herds of - cattle that MVO has had daily communication with ht since, yet unowne a and:unvalued over a great portion of he has resisted infeetion, and continues in perfect health. America, and whose hides and tallow alone are oii , . . ‘c N. B. The younger boy still (Nov. 3d) re- casionally Sought-after by the Spanish hunters, . end • mains uninfected, at which lam not at all surprised, form a principal article: of the trade of Buenos aNiireS. ,as, subsequent to the 'Cow-Pock, be was twice ino- , Wild horses, the progeny of those imported by the culated with Small-Pock matter, 'Which produced i Spaniards, likewise • ebotind in these natural meads, no • effect, and he has enjoyed uninterrupted, and They -wander from place to place, against the gairh . even better health since, than he did previous to the • rent of the winds ; and . a traveller has stated that, inoculation fOr the Cow-Pock." they are in such nhmbers, that, being in those plains ' - for the space of three weeks, he was continually by theM o e hues' they 1e47 surrounded . $ in t passed ; Iri OXFORD.-Monday, the last day of Michaelmas thick troops on full speed for Iwo or three hoUrs tti- Term, the Rey. GEORGE WILLIAM HALL, B.D. get: L e 4. during which time, he . says, it was with and Master of Pembroke Collehe, was admitted D. r greet difficulty that the party preserved themselves 1:1: - )c: The following Gentlemen, on the same day, irons being' cult over 'and trampled' to pieces.' At Wiiteatlenitted to degrees i-: - - other times, however, the same country has been iractleiorin Divinity—Rev. George Jenkins, of jcsui. Masters of Arts—Rev. William Bagshaw Harrison, of Ftssed over, and aro horses have been seen. Merton, Grand Compounder ; Rev. Francis Dyson, of I " • Near the Spanish settlements,-and where these Merton ;" Rev. Richard Smith, of St. Alban Hall' Mr Ro- • have been.tilled, - ' ' plains bent Wm. Hay, of Christ Church ; Rev. Thomas . 1;loyd, ' of Jesus ;_ Rev.. Edward Ccckayne Frith, of St. john's;- and, various other produEtions ; whilst numerous Mr. Charles Lewis Meryon. or St. John's ' flecks of sheep are also met with in the plains at the' Bachelor of Arts—Mr. Win. Barwell Coles, of Hertford. o e•e - nouit inns of or ova an ocanto.—. foot of th • t ' C d ' d Y , The whole • number of degrees in tite Term as t • Between these hills anti the Cordillera" of Chili, lie follows : i many spacious anu fruitful vallies, watered bytirooks MI6 - tors in Divinity - , two I Dolor in Law, one - Bache- tors in Divinity, two ; Bachelors in Law, two ; Hostels of and rivulets, and beatrifully diversifies with rising Arts, 31; Bachelors of Arts, 33. grounds: They produce anahy kinds .of fruit trees; . ' apple'!, peaches, cherries, .and plums ; and also The report of the - loss .of the Hussar originated in corn where the land is cultivated; but they are more three seamen, who deserted, and got on board a particularly famous for breeding cattle, sheep, and smogglak; giving out a report of the loss of the Has- j horses, and especially mules.' Of the mules yearly stir; ns 'an inducement to the smuggler to receive I sent from these provinces to Peru, the greatest part them ()IC board, .and which smuggler, on his arrival come from the distriet just descrioeth There are at .Plymouth, told are story, which he believed, of many farm's here belonging to those industrious the ship being lost, and only the. three seamen saved. i Spaniards who have been allured hither bl "the Let- ; ` 4 cb o 'the soh, by the y 1 or reeamg cattle.; and by the security from the incursions th'e Indians, who infest those only who live Inc,' , fL: 'to rt 'south." AGRICULTURE. bUMFSIE'S-SHIRE RErOAT. The weather has this month, 'as as 04 rit'e ceding, been very beneficial for the purposes of agrir culture and rural economy. The crops, which lii,a; as mentioned in Our last report,, been very got in, have turned out nearly as we then, stated them - . •The Oats which - have been thrashed hive turned out well for meal. The shipping of Baridy and '0,:i31 have commenced briskly the Barley at 6s. corn:. mon Qats 3s. 4d. and Potatne Chits 3s, 10.. per 'Winchester bushel; but the price offered in Auriati dale foy Oafs .cannot be' quoted so high. Not hing having been done in Wheat and Pontiac% the ship- • ping price of these nifities cannot be ,1 town, btii may be quoted in the market, the Wheat' at t 2s. per Winchester bushel, and the Potatoes Al 16d; per Dumfries peck, or 25.. per hundred weight.— Good Hay brings is. and s Straw 6d. per.•StOne, —The Turnip crop is still improVine, and will atiOrd - abundance of feed for'the cattle; btu theryrass, froth • the mildness oft he weather, is still so good, that they find almost sufficient nourishment from it alone. Indeed, it has seldom happened that the far Mer hat saved so much white fodder at this season , of thtt year. These circumstances have contributed to keep up the, price of young cattle, and to cause a ready sale for them ; so much so, that they are scarcely rO 11 -be got for wintering. The early sown Wheats con%: , tinue,to, look well ; and the ,tallow ploughing has I made cons,iderable progress—Dec.-2,11309. GALLOWAY REPORT. Winter has as yet assumed nothing of its rigour: From , the unusual mildness of the,weather the pis . - tures are still luxuriant ; the cattle upon them ital . - proving, in fine condition ; and the fine grazing lands of this district retain all the beautiful. verdure of spring or of summer. The remarkable progress and long continuance of vegetation have proved no less favourable to the late so,.ve turnips, so that me crop in general -*ill far exceed the expectations of the farmers, and may probably itiduce them to ex-: tend. their c}altivation. From those concurring .ir• cumstances, there is no reasofi to apprehend a scar city of winter or spring 'food for cattle, which i 0 always dreaded, yet seldom guarded against t.% ith sufficient precaution, The fine weather in the be ginning of this mouth has.been no lessi auspicious to the sowing of wheat, which. mpy be considered as' now complated, than to the vegetation of the young plants, cleaning of ditches;- preparing of composts, • top-dressing of . meadows,-:and fallowing for. spring Crops ;, and accordingly•irtore has been done v in ail these operations than was fortaterly usual in this tits ,trict. , In particular, the cultivation of wheat is ex , tended far . beyond, what was ever known-- , a cutnstance which marks the progress-of pined - has-. bandkr, and will probably lead to still. greater iru provement. • The demand for cattle, the staple conatnodity lot Galloway, still continues, while the country pretty . much drained of them.; so that any tudden diminutiOn of the . present high prices is not ,to be cxpetled. Very. little grain has yet been thrashed, end exportation is only' commencing; but, trom the samples produced, Ftnd the appearance of ;Le barn-yaids, there is reason to believe, that wheat and oats will be fair average crops, both in quantity and quality ; and, though the prices may not corre spond to the extravagantideas once entertained by some farmers, yet they will he sufficiently high to satisfy every one whose views of self-interest have not absorbed every sentiment of patriotism or hu-; inanity. Barley has been less cultivated than in .for+. titer years, and the produce per acre will be short of au average crop. From the unusual mildness of Oaober and iin yettiber, some have been led to prognosticate a severe winter or spring, which gains probatAlity from accounts that. the - frosts have set in early in the northern provinces of Europe. But dismissing such apprehensions, nothing has occurred to tender the _dark month of Novernber, gloomy to the Galloway farmers, who wisely enjoy the present hour, and seldom concern :themselves about futurity, unless when their leases are about to expire. —Dec. 1. ' The following curious eirciimstance happened at the Golden Bear Inn, at Reading, some years ago. A young fox.had been taught to be in a wheel and . turn' the jack. After some time. he escaped, and re gained his native fields. Here he net the fate corn•- mon to his species; he was pursued by the hounds ; and in. his flight ran through the town of Reading, and' springing over'a half door of a,kitehen, jumpe'd into the wheel, and resumed his occupition • its the very place where he - had formerly been brought' up, and thus saved his life. -- , . . lin atrocious attempt at murder and robbery,— , Last Saturday evening, "about eight o'clock, Jams Leeson, representing himself to, be a labourer from Buckinghamshire, .went to the:house of Mr. Bos , WELL, gardener; at Enfield Chaie,.and asked for a glass of water i while in the , ad of doing so, he drew a pistol on Mr.,805w.1.1., Which fiaslied in 'the pan ; he drew a'secontl, which also.fiS,hed in, ' the pen, ,and'all the while demanding the money et' Mr. BOSWELL, who knocked the - desperado do , , n with a cl - vair,,and with theas.?istance of 'hiS'veir , . se cured the fellow, tied his hands , behind .tiiin,..arid kept 'guard over him till. sunday, when , he wzis F• brought i'n a chaise to Clerkenwell prison. We hear..a great deal. of pedeStrians nov.•-a . days, btit do they excel the ancients ?--Philiepi'des was sent from Athens to Sparta, and in two days ran ,150 Roman miles. Our King flenry tfie Fifth was • so swift, that be and two Lords could take any doe ln.a large forest,, by relining after 'it; and Harold, the son of Canute the Second, was.so swift, that few horse, could galfop faster than he . could'run.- . 4. He could :rutia hare to death ; from which circurn- Stance he was surnamed Harefoot. A- pUbliOlouSe,.in Primrose -street, Bishopsgate street, was brOle open rind robbed, on Tuesday night, Of Bank-nOtei.and cab to a large amount. Not satisfied ivith whicti, they 'turned the cocks of the spirit casks, and Jet the licq6rs run out. Braintree Church, Essex., was discovered to be on fire yesterday morning, but happily the flames were got under, and the steeple, whOly composed Qf wood and shingle's, pmerved.